sex and i'm going to artsy been gazi. i did evolve from the newspaper the daily believes that nato states of putting huge pressure on the libyans right now who are a crossroads between islamic fundamentalism or western style government. there's news quite a bit of speculation as to act actually who is who is pulling the strings of what's happening in libya i think what you're going to see here is a secular style western government that would be introduced to post. but that that will that will fail i believe within a very short period of time and i believe that is where we will see a more fundamentalist islamic type of government that will surface and take power it should be a natural democratic shift within the middle east or in any of these countries if there's going to be change it should be change that is and i hate that word but i'll use it anyway because it's the word of the day again but change in the middle east should be driven naturally by the people themselves they're going to get the help whether they wanted or

people in ben gazi are cheering the united nation's resolution because they're afraid of your father's forces? >> of course not. we are receiving on our tv every day hundreds of calls and people are crying saying please, come liberate us from this nightmare. people are not happy there. >> tonight, they are celebrating. overjoyed that the united nations has finally voted to impose a no-fly zone over the territory and the freedom they are fighting for. this resolution demands an immediate cease-fire. >> and a complete end to violence and attacks against civilians. >> reporter: this evening, the u.n. security council voted in favor of a resolution that would take all measures necessary to protect civilians. >> translator: the resolution is adopted. >> reporter: a the forces opposed that gadhafi has been begging the international community for weeks now. >> he killedxd our brothers. he killed our family. >> reporter: the uprising against the dictator how has ruled libya for 42 years began last month and spread rapidly through the east of the country with the opposition taking control of th

of what the artsy been gazi libya. and later this hour a former british ambassador to libya talks to r.t. oliver miles tells us that many of the stories coming from libya. when true with the real situation talk of a no fly zone is premature or hear some of what we'll hear from him later on. brought from the beginning of the conflict from the stories of the attacks on the civilian population but i don't know of a single authenticated case i think we've all probably had the experience i don't myself. the media correspondents are telephoning anyone they can find in libya and the story you get from everybody is all right here where i am the same shooting and it sounds nasty but i'm not going outside to look and yes i have heard stories of bombs but none of them in my area seems to be a good general picture so i don't believe it really i think is just proportional for the moment to talk about a new fly zone. or talk of international involvement in libya is going to be tough to avoid for the u.s. vice president who is on day

of what the art scene in gazi libya. with talk of international involvement in libya is being tough to avoid for the u.s. vice president has been meeting with the russian leadership joe biden is on day two of his visit to moscow but he's katrina czar of the report. there's been speculation of course the engineer has been rife with sources claiming that joe biden has indeed tried to guarantee russia's support should the u.s. decide to go ahead with its military intervention in libya we do know that several foreign nations of course including the united states have not ruled out the possibility of bringing their troops to libya in order to resolve the conflict while others including russia have so far chosen to stand back and settle the matter for themselves well this of course is the second day of joe biden's visit to moscow and the jury in those two days he had a quite a busy agenda of course meeting with the russian leaders both the russian president meeting with native and with the prime minister. of this progress was

been gazi via a litter on thursday nato defense officials and e.u. foreign ministers will meet in brussels to discuss what moves they could make our correspondent bushell is there for us. later defense ministers here in brussels are meeting to decide on any course of action be a military humanitarian or wins they are top pentagon official said that any action . should be taken under the umbrella of nato and britain and france are discussing i'm trying to get a resolution a common front on imposing a no fly zone across the libyan airspace i spoke to russia's envoy to nato military records in and here's what he had to say about the situation there it's like in russian classical theater even the first act of a performance there's a gun on the wall it's you to shoot in the second and you can militia of weapons and military forces in the region could lead to war and that's why pumping out he's teria may reach the point of no return when it becomes hard to explain why it was necessary to militarize citizens mines there's a real danger in using these signs

been gazi. independent journalist keith harmon snow says the u.s. is pumping out and to get off the propaganda to foster support for what he calls america's oil operation in libya. what we're getting is a pro u.s. program to be on one side picture of the situation which kills the media with the idea that there's freedom fighters involved in the area and then there is a government regime that's been in atrocious terrorist government for the last since one nine hundred seventy roughly this is nonsense and we knew it was an established government whether we like them or not just is north korea and iran are established governments when we like him or not or the sunni in government and what's happening against him is a war of aggression we are serving one side to portray the idea that gadhafi is the chair is to all these people have been killed and three in fighters involved freedom fighter language freedom fighter hasn't been used since the attacks against the by the contras against the garage in one thousand a.d. in it so it's a nasty war operations be

through or give me these old pieces of soviet armor have been rusting on the main embankment of been gazi ever since the rebels to cover the city they now serve as a playground for kids and symbols of defeat for the despised regime. this man was among hundreds of young officers who in the 1980's were sent to soviet military academies by gadhafi is government now a staunch critic of the libyan leader he says tanks like the gadhafi regime have a long while to leave their days there's. all this heavy armor is no different that's why pickup trucks came in so handy with slight modifications that can easily be converted to code around rocket launchers and machine guns utilizing the utility vehicles for rapid attacks is hardly a libyan invention pickup trucks have long been a feature of mortar and warfare you see tend to see patterns and certain vehicles are used by the u.s. military in the u.s. government so it was in afghanistan before it's in afghanistan now it's even in afghanistan and soon will be it was you supplied pickup trucks that helped afghan insurgents fight soviet troops three deca

they're at a crossroads wondering which way to drive their country next some boys are at sea been gazi been. used foreign policy chief has reaffirmed unions a termination to stop the violence in libya with more sanctions expected on friday but political writer tim gado says some of the european nations and the us are being hypocritical when they talk about humanitarian issues in libya. i know what they're doing this they're saying that. he is killing all these people you know all the rebels and civilians on the ground and they want to there's a humanitarian excuse to invade libya but meanwhile in daraa where the people dying left and right and you haven't heard anybody say they want to send military force to darfur. what it is now boy i think it's the agitation britain and france again uses that as an excuse to wreak on eyes libya and take their own lives and i think that by. would be a first step and a military operation against libya because then it would provide it still is for them doing a american buying that shot down and. where they shot it on one of our shared so we'll. just gi

screens been gazi may look like the center of the rebel resistance the country is working to another day of chaos you go off you may have lost about half of this country they watched these bombs also in the skies but in reality it's more like a seaside resort than a conflict zone hotels a food book with journalists and residents go about their daily lives here boys are looking for new things to play with toy guns are in ample supply. get some reports sent from been ghazi referred to before treason is to really be as war not a conflict zone where rebels are engaged in sporadic and honestly ph battles with pro get out the forces but an all out war moammar gadhafi is striking back forces loyal to libyan leader moammar gadhafi appeared to be advancing east libya's leader moammar qaddafi has fled the country with rebels professing their ragin is just quite good after his regime to the bitter end no wonder news reports a caring predictions of in an uncivil war yet as the rebels inability to mount a fully fledged defensive becomes more apparent so is the unbalanced nature of the coverage ra

. >> lyse with new recruits in ben gazi there.aid workers and charities are struggling to cope with the vast numbers of people needing medical help, food, water, in transport. we found one group that managed to get a ticket home. >> they call this the time of change. for these men, it also means cold, hunger, and uncertainty. the best part of 90,000 foreigners have been driven across the border. some have spent a week just trying to get to this point. but the smiles say it all. there on a bus bound for the airports and the promise of a ticket back home. and so a small provincial airports in a quiet town has become the transit point for what the united nations calls "a humanitarian crisis in." -- humanitarian crisis." there is no panic here. the turmoil in libya has released a mass migration across the border in into to any ship. britain and other nations are helping to airlift hundreds. you cannot fly directly from here to egypt, but today, 60 flights are heading that way. most are egyptians, fleeing their rebellion in libya from

>> actually, ben-gazi is very quiet this early morning, and everybody is a little bit happy, if i canay, because of the last two days. they felt they were on a very big risk when they had the armored vehicles, the military and tanks of the regime, colonel gaddafi's tanks had reached the outskirts of the town and attacked some buildings. later on they retreated by the defense of the revolution of the people. later on, the intervention of the french air force, and now everybody is looking to liberate libya and return the cities again, towards tripoli. >> you say that you were helped by international forces some two days ago. explain to us how, and also how you feel about their intervention? >> everybody believes now that the united nations resolution to protect civilians has been acted on here. everybody is looking now to do the same for the two other cities. yesterday a lot of people were contacted by telephone calls begging the united nations to do the same for these two cities. they are having attack from the regime by heavy artery and tanks. >> he was speaking to me a little earlier

i was joined on the front by cameraman john koyster and producer gazi who as usual did fantastic work. >> i know the three of you are veterans at this but still, as we said, about as close as you'd want to get. richard engel and team from benghazi tonight, thank you. >>> president obama now back in washington from latin america a few hours earlier than he had planned. chief white house correspondent chuck todd has been traveling all along with the president, he too back at the white house tonight. chuck, what is the white house doing in the face of what is starting to be domestic criticism of this? >> reporter: that's right. look, they cut it short a little bit because there was a planned photo op, tour of mayan ruins in el salvador and they cut that short in lieu of a longer briefing on libya. the white house is sensitive to this perception that during this five-day swing in latin america that somehow the president didn't look like he was on top of the libya situation. that said, within minutes that he landed on the ground, he was hit with bipartisan congressional criticism. speaker

in the eastern city of ben gazi, civilians are getting used to life no longer under colonel gaddafi's control. it was one of the first cities to fall. it has become effectively the headquarters of anti-gaddafi forces. our correspondent is there and has visited one wealthy family who is supporting the rebels. >> the schools are closed here and families are keeping their children at home. it's one of the ways in which people have been affected by the battle for libya. as it goes on, i have come to find out how one family is keeping this very nice neighborhood in the downtown area. you have already told me that you're not wanting for food or for water, that you can cope at the moment, but as the fighting goes on, how far are you prepared to go? >> until the end. >> until the end. >> yes, until the end. at the beginning we suffer from frightening, we have been afraid that someone would come and shoot us or something like that. >> you are a very well to do family. why are you protesting against colonel gaddafi? why are you backing the anti-gaddafi forces? >> because he was controlling ever

and they're at a crossroads wondering which way to drive their country next summer by car at sea bin gazi. political writer tim gado says the u.s. and some european nations have been hypocritical when talking about terri and if it was in libya. they're saying that. he is killing all use paypal you know all the rebels and civilians on the ground and they want to eat it as a humanitarian excuse to save libya but meanwhile the darker the people dying left and right and you haven't heard anybody say they want to send military force that there are fewer he says there are four of them have oil and i think he has days a great name for a hand and uses it as an excuse to wreak on eyes libya and take their own lives i think by. first that no terry operation against libya because then it would provide its juice is finance doing great american buying that shot down and. whatever where they shot on one of our shared so. just give me an excuse to invade them because the no fly zone starts with a military operation and i believe they're just looking for an excuse for going and going to look good yeah ye

after the liberation chance the rattle of kalashnikovs is the most common sound in the gazi ever since ravel seized weapons depots in eastern libya rifles became the ultimate symbol of masculinity that every young man in this city once one thing in common between more market are free and they force the struggling turned c.p.m. is a fascination with arms believe me and later i developed a liking for kalashnikov rifle so much so that he even had an a k forty seven munition plant built here in libya that rounds these plans produced an hour hailing all across eastern libya on the frontlines and beyond gallon man with rifles have become a fixture on the streets of ghazi they're eager to show them off and often slap happy in their handling of the arms can a soldier from the bin gassy garrison who joined the uprising says many of his fellow rebels don't have any experience with arms which he says is made out by their passionate determination to the world who will find some to be lost to the last drop of blunt god is on. this you've been ghazi is still living off of the revolutionary fever fro

full blown confrontation and bloodshed could get her there almost calling for it sounded like artsy gazi. in a pan a journalist he's harman snow says global media reports from libya lack one fundamental thing that's evidence of an all embracing conflict usually. the government forces need these forces. in many of these and one of these cities the weapons depot had already been taken over by the rebels and it was a government to begin to get over. when get out of it then of course he was the enemy and he received the dictator and he's a terrorist if a canadian forces marched into washington d.c. and took over the pentagon and we responded nobody would call the american government a terrorist government for protecting our own interests but that's what we're seeing here with duffy and some of these so-called bombings it's very interesting because very little in the presence of pictures actually you know but it's another theme in the reporting that i read today was this idea that people in washington are. conversing with governments in europe about what to do about this rogue state media and

ration even war it is also being reported that the supplies could reach being gazi within forty eight hours so we could be some two days away from a few fledged civil war in libya with the involvement of western powers and here is what makes the arming the rebels possibility even more alarming americans themselves have estimated believe me especially the is two part of the country which is where the rebels have reportedly gained control is nor is it is only poor a large number of good habits they make up a fifth of the world's jihadists this is not to say that one of the rebel leaders the ne the big ghazi was once osama bin laden's personal driver the question here is whether the u.s. is going to end up putting weapons in the hands of radicals and destabilizing the region even more. reporting there from washington d.c. and we've been hearing about the prospects facing the middle east after the popular uprisings with political analyst matthew here's some of what's to come at around twenty minutes time. i certainly i'm not a believer in conspiracy theories i think it's right when you li

confrontation and block showed the very thing that almost calling for it sort of like an artsy bin gazi. independent journalist keith harmon snow says global media reports from libya last one fundamental thing and that's evidence of an all embracing conflict. government forces named it off its forces a weapons depot in one of these on the edge of one of the city's weapons depot had already been taken over by the rebels and it was a government weapons evoking beginning with the rebels took it over but when gadhafi bombed it then of course he was the enemy and he was the dictator and he said terrorists if canadian forces marched into washington d.c. and took over the pentagon and we responded nobody would call the american government a terrorist checking our own interests and that's what we're seeing here with gadhafi and some of these so-called bombings it's very interesting that there's very little in the presence of pictures but actual you know violence another theme in the reporting that i read today was this idea that people in washington are. conversing with governments in europe ab

my father showed me how to use it a few weeks ago i'm ready to die for my country and many indian gazi proclaim their readiness to sacrifice their lives for their liberation struggle now these heroic rhetoric is becoming a real prospect as the pro-government forces adds. closer a bloodbath seems old with an avoidable international deliberations in what you do not believe in uprising have been going on for so long that many people in that being no longer hold got to count will come and that they're appealing to their last hold as the gaddafi forces are closing in on the battlefield friday prayers in ghazi really the most passionate so far city residents turn their palms to the skies that many hold would have been declared and no fly zone by now. as more coffins arrive from the front line high spirits have given way to a sense of abandonment after several weeks of encouraging statements from western capitals many here feel deceived i'm sorry to say that's all right mr obama we expect that you are the real the macaque the camp liberty looking for liberty for the peoples you look for money

almost three weeks ago columns of rubble pickup trucks have been crisscrossing the desert around been gazi rebels say the vehicles in the dilatory allows them to dodge attacks from pro-government forces and has more than once saved their lives we got. growth. we were trying. to get everybody to work give me a road these old pieces of soviet or more have been rusting on the main embankment of been ghazi ever since the rebels took over the city they now serve as a playground for kids and symbols of defeat for the despised regime. this man was among hundreds of young officers who in the 1980's were sent to soviet military academies by did at his government now a staunch critic of the libyan leader he says tanks like the gadhafi regime have long out leave their days. all this heavy armor is no good that's why pickup trucks came in so handy with slight modifications that can easily be converted to call your own rocket launchers and machine guns utilizing the utility vehicles for rapid attacks is hardly a libyan invention pickup trucks have long been a feature of mortar and warfare you see tempe

their chance for free leave i get to be augmented by a clear vision of how to achieve it people in gazi are now living off their savings sharing whatever little they have most of them are confident that once we get out that leaves the bright future will dawn on them but if past revolutions are anything to go by the bundles of arms and hoards of idly roaming man could mean exactly the opposite. of what the art see in god the. talk of international involvement in libya has been tough to avoid pretty u.s. vice president who's today meeting with the russian leadership joe biden is on a two day visit to moscow as pope later smarties that areas are over. so there's been talk that biden will try and change the russian leader stance against military involvement in libya tell us more. now that there's been speculation of course the internet has been rife with sources claiming that joe biden has indeed tried to guarantee russia's support should the u.s. decide to go ahead with its military intervention in libya of course they have been saying that they do consider a military intervention a possib

the gadhafi forces have broken through the last major line of resistance before the town of think gazi which is the heart of the rebel stronghold and she's day in a massive land any cameras sold gadhafi forces took over the town of ajdabiya which is just some one hundred fifty kilometers away from benghazi what this means a second of his forces are now in full control of the clothes still struck the tree in these two towns we need to remember that it was only ten days ago that were able forces had control of almost half this country they were in control in the east and they also had control of several cities in the way it's now the duckies forces have rabies to reclaim most of their command basically have reclaimed all the cities in the waist except for misrata in the closing statement of the g. eight ministers meeting in paris on tuesday there was no mention of the no fly zone britain and france are. maine at the forefront of calling for to be implemented over libya while there are several countries including the united states germany russia and china which has veto power with the u.n

ironically it wasn't been gazi that more margaret duffy began his quest for power forty two years ago a young revolutionary hero overthrew the king in a bloodless coup that calls for liberation and an end to tyranny those who oppose him now even younger and demanding the same things but that's where many fear historic parallels my dand accent avoid r.t. bin ghazi. all rising pressure for a no fly zone to be imposed over libya will draw western countries into a conflict they don't want to be involved in or that's the view of our military contributor get equal shot we would generally speaking. there were very good case against a no fly zone doesn't hold water don't get me wrong i'm not trying to go the united states into the no fly zone operation over libya but i have to point out that for the u.s. air force navy told gun writers to impose a no fly zone over their contested area all along they leave and coastline would be just a piece of cake and every new it's a real professional especially u.s. air force veterans know it better than anybody else and the most important reason reach ide

recent and verisign and vivi of british intelligence services has found our group here and you've been gazi a group that's more briefly arrested and sent back hold local leaders say that they do not want any foreign intervention in fact they say if indeed it happens this persuade directly into the hands of kids off the end they're very adamant that these surprising whatever it. will all not remains to be seen as in the shipment of the genuine after all the levy of people to get out the five continues to a lot of these their pricing is not only exported from the rest but actually that's it hair pulling. these guys being gored is still going on they're all good sounds of drag roswell new after a lot of things part of the uprising when the opposition was able to capture martial is can lead to the uprising have goals and is still i'm clear where exactly the opposition and government forces are in control both sides are claiming control all the various locations i'm in the city of god with the second largest cities be strongholds of the opposition some of the positions leaders told us today that

alternative again or that will help achieve better perspectives and a better horizon people in bin gazi are now living of their savings sharing whatever little they have most of them are confident that once again that the leaves the bright future will dawn on them but if past revolutions are anything to go by the abundance of our. and hordes of idly roaming men could mean exactly the opposite. some like art see in god. and in just over an hour a former british ambassador to libya talks about r t oliver miles tells us that many of the stories coming from libya don't ring true to him with the real situation and talk of a no fly zone is premature here are some of what we'll hear coming up later. right from the beginning of the conflict in libya stories of attacks on civilian populations but i don't know of a single authentication case i think we've all probably had the experience i don't know so if we media correspondents are telephoning anyone they can find in libya and the story you get from everybody is we're right here where i am there's some shooting and it sounds nasty but i'm not go

confrontation and block showed the very thing that almost calling for it sort of like an artsy bin gazi. us radio steven lemon says the white house is using the country's media to put a spin on events in libya. the people who use theory change when these people want something different we realize that maybe have a difference in weight in the cheap sions in the out year you know isn't it you eons they realize if the worst thing they can happen to them is western intervention it's just the west gets control it country is actually america it will be much much worse they are used to one answer from america instead of from the west oh the stimulus to you mary. this might surprise you believe me it's really just a new yorkers and i literally go the closest state in america to an official state ministry of information propaganda if you put out this race well what's up with these. with good old want to teach us a very much more we look at egypt you know and you read the you. know we've already won the emmy. world affairs expert steven cohen says what's going on in libya won't necessarily bring

for free leaving i've yet to deal granted by a clear vision of how to achieve it people in didn't gazi and now living off their savings sharing whatever little they have most of them are confident that the good ones get out that leaves the bright future will dawn on them but is past revolutions are anything to go by that bundles of arms and hordes of idly roaming man would mean exactly the opposite. side of what art see in god the. talk of international involvement in libya has been tough to avoid for the u.s. vice president who has been meeting with russian leadership joe biden is on day two of his visit to moscow or his catarina as arba has the details. there's been speculation of course the internet has been rife with sources claiming that joe biden has indeed tried to guarantee russia's support should the u.s. decide to go ahead with its military intervention in libya we do know that several foreign nations of course including the united states have not ruled out the possibility of bringing their troops to libya in order to resolve the conflict while others including russia have so

blown confrontation and bloodshed good very thing that almost calling for it something like art see in gazi libya american radio host stephen lyman says the white house is using the country's media to put a spin on events in libya. the people question very genuine these people want something different they realize that they have a different situation in egypt. and the out syrians admit to ians they realize if the worst thing they can happen to them is western intervention if the west gets control of the country and especially america it will be much much worse wise to one hears from america and from the west elite is tremendously good in a very. very surprised some of your viewers believe it is for me it is the new york times and i literally hold the new york times the closest thing in america to an official state ministry of information and probably get it if there's so graceful reports of what he's going on in libya what did people want egypt they don't seem very much you know excluded egypt no and you really your boy the. most you know we've already. world affairs aspart stephen cohen sa

they're at a crossroads wondering which way to drive their country next it's not like an art see been gazi. to discuss the events in libya are not joined live by anthony well he's founder and chief editor of the online newspaper the daily bill joining me there in zurich well we we hear a lot about the anti gadhafi forces but we actually know next to nothing about who they are what do you make of them who do you think of their leaders. well the leaders there's quite a bit of speculation as to act actually who is who is pulling the strings of what's happening in libya for example the u.k. telegraph recently ran a piece which talked fair amount of the alliance for youth movements which is a an effort that was born in the united states by jared cohen who was the former a former top adviser to both congolese or rice as well as hillary clinton and in the in the state department and he along with the support of the state department formed the alliance for youth movements and there are there are affiliated websites called move inside org what's important about this is that that organization has it

confrontation and block showed could very very fit that almost calling for it sounded like an artsy bin gazi. and joining me now for more to talk about the weapons of mass destruction is asia times correspondent pepe escobar thank you so much for being here and now turning to this conflict in libya there seems to be so much growth from both the mainstream media u.s. politicians about getting involved in essentially another conflict there talk a little bit about this ramp up the that's a little bit too reminiscent frankly of two thousand and three with iraq. look i think only for the past half an hour and so i saw history repeating itself s. far sept least six or seven times in on being very generous here so this is a rerun of course of all this could be a rerun of iraq this is a rerun of humanitarian period and very very dangerous there's nothing for the west to do in libya but it's very complicated because libya is not egypt or tunisia. it's doesn't have this civilizational call in the culture of egypt it's not the heart of the arab world like egypt until a few years ago in fact to be flora

saying something totally different he was asked about the rebels he said well it was just an been gazi i interviewed somebody who said he's opposing party because khadafi is jewish i mean crazy but you know any kind of nuance any kind of context seems to have to wait for longer form programming or talk show programming because the newscasts don't have time for it if the interesting to you danny that you bring that up i mean these shows are thing to have a different angle obviously nightly news tries to stay more on the balance side but when you get to later in the evening most of the shows have a definitive angle whether it's you know a riley or mad cow and i want to talk to you about one show really interesting show last night the ad shows an outspoken host well played clip last night from last night's show and then i want to get your response. we have got a willing coalition put together timing is everything the circumstances surrounding this right now present us an opportunity to do justice on a man who the president says his agency killed americans there's no question that moammar

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ian panel, bbc news, ben gazi. >>> you can stay with abc news throughout the morning as we cover themorning america." >>> now to japan and its nuclear fears, which appear to be easing this morning, if only a little bit. experts say the cloud of smoke escaping from the crippled plant does not mean there's been a rise in temperatures or radioactivity inside. also high voltage power has been reconnected at three of the reactors making a restart of their cooling systems possible. >>> meanwhile, construction of some temporary housing for those displaced by the catastrophe is under way. the prefabricated homes are made for two or three people and the hope is to have them ready to be lived in some time next month. around 250,000 people have evacuated their homes during the crisis. >>> japan's police now say more than 9,000 people are dead following the earthquake and tsunami there. and more than 12,000 are still classified as missing. clarissa ward now with details on survivors and the first known american casualty. >> reporter: an extraordinary tale of survival. a 16-year-old and his 80-ye

we have seen people going to ben gazi, so that is that we have a better sense of what is happening in the east. on the west, people crossing the border into tunisia, we are hearing from them concerns about the violence, concerns about supplies running out, particularly fuel. in terms of the security situation and what kind of materials can we get into the country, medical supplies have gone in through the east. organizations like islamic relief and other un organizations are operating in the border areas, including unicef and others. they have been extremely active on the tunisian border. we need to understand more about what is happening in country, and this is one of the things we are trying to resolve also. >> we are running out of time. could you both please ask your questions and then at ms. amash can answer. >> it sounds like you are saying by a land. france is going to fly in a to the airport. is that possible at this point? what do you think about the no- fly zone, whether it would be helpful to get it to ensure that aid can come in and to protect the people that are fleeing?

britain maintains a consular warden in tripoli and ben gazi and maintain that turkey will look at our interests while the british operations remain suspended. i'm sure theous will want to put on record thanks to all those who made the rescue effort, to the royal navy crews and pilots and all three armed services and to our diplomatic service and all those who put themselves in harm's way to help our people leave safely. mr. speaker, let me turn to the pressure we are now putting on qaddafi's regime. we should be clear, for the future of libya and its people, colonel qaddafi's regime must end and he must leave. to that end, we're taking every possible step to isolate the qaddafi regime, to deprive it of money, to shrink its power and ensure anyone responsible for abuses in libya will be held to account. with respect to all these actions, britain is taking a lead. over the weekend we secured agreement for a u.n. security council resolution which we had drafted and which is unusually strong, unanimous and includes all of our profsals and condemns qaddafi's actions and imposes a travel ba

it may be good policy for us to arm the ben gazi army if they have a functional government. i wonder if you have begun review of the recent u.n. sanctions to make sure that america could legally do that should you decide that to be good policy. if, god forbid, there is a major conflict around tripoli, let's make sure the right side wins. >> madam secretary, without objection, members may have five calendar days to submit questions for the record for the secretary. we hope to get some answers to those important questions. i am pleased to recognize -- >> i ask for unanimous consent to my letter of february 9th be made part of the record. >> the congressman is recognized for five minutes. >> on the question of libya, i think one of the important resources could leave libya and lesbian americans. -- lybiaibyan americans. some of the observations have had to do with what we did not do in bosnia in terms of jamming their radio stations. i carried legislation on this but we could not get it through. when a dictator is telling them to kill their own people, there's an opportunity gi